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quo vadis

British  
/ ˈkwəʊ ˈvɑːdɪs /
  1. where are you going?

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of quo vadis

Latin: from the Vulgate version of John 16:5

Example Sentences

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His last name, in Spanish, is two syllables; it would rhyme with quo vadis.

From Time Magazine Archive

I might say to myself: 'Juliane, quo vadis?'

From Cosmopolis — Volume 2 by Bourget, Paul

Citizeness, don't you remember the stone footprint of our Lord in the church of Domine quo vadis?

From Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania by Bicknell, Percy Favor

For the legend of Domine quo vadis, see many books of travel and nearly all guide books for Rome, from the mediaeval Mirabilia Romae to the latest edition of Murray.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

In the centre, in front of the representation of some town, probably Rome, is Our Lord bearing His Cross and St. Peter kneeling at His feet—no doubt the well-known legend 'Domine quo vadis?'

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum